Rural editor dreads writing her column
'The world has become an ugly place for us to exchange ideas and thoughts,' with 'baseless cynicism and unwillingness to think'
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Bill Straub: Jamie Comer, the fascinating Rubber Man, is turning into a MAGA hero before our very eyes
Comer: “When you talk about what the Biden family was doing, I’m not sure it was illegal.”
Regressive Kentucky laws are bringing back the Bad Old Days
At one time, we passed bills that actually HELPED our people. Why are we going backwards?
KCEP responds to passage of yet another income tax cut
The following is a statement from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy on the passage today of HB 1.
Biden, McConnell, governors trumpet bipartisan funding for Ohio River bridge
‘ . . . no matter who gets elected, once it’s all over, we ought to look for things we can agree on and try to do those,’ says McConnell
Be careful what you wish for
The wealthiest among us are about to get a tax cut of thousands of dollars. Guess who is going to pay for it?
Is the right to contraception about to end in America?
As of last week, Republican efforts to ban birth control in America have officially started, and teenagers in Texas are its first victims.
Kentucky library board starts down the road to censorship
“It’s just one book,” they said. But once you’ve started banning books, when do you stop?
The wealthy are the winners while the Commonwealth loses
A tax cut that mainly goes to the wealthy will cost the state more than we spend on preschool for the entire state.
Ky. Supreme Court rejects Beshear’s claim that legislature wrongly curbed his emergency powers
The legislation in question was a response to Beshear’s COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
Biden to make a pit stop in Covington Wednesday to talk Brent Spence, jobs
The president will be joined by Senators Mitch McConnell and Sherrod Brown, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
Want to fix the teacher shortage? Listen to teachers.
The way education currently runs is unsustainable at best. We need to move quickly and decisively to correct course and save a public good that everyone, even people without children, benefit from.
Partisan ‘pink slime’ publications have outsize impact in rural areas due to shortage of reliable local news
Partisan propaganda masquerading as legitimate news is growing rapidly in the United States – especially where there are “news desserts.”
Jamie Comer and House Repubs just defended a powerful man by retaliating against his victims
Republicans have offered a preview of what we can expect from the House Oversight and Reform Committee once they’re in charge, and attorneys for women affected by that preview are objecting strongly to the “objectification and sexual exploitation” involved.
KY Smart on Crime announces policy agenda for 2023 session of KYGA
The group has its sights set on tackling the Commonwealth’s over-reliance on incarceration as well as addressing overdose crisis.
The handshake that wasn’t
The handshake is such a common occurrence that it rarely makes the news when it happens. But a recent handshake that didn’t happen made headlines around the world.
